Is the Global NREN community ready to 03/12/2017 support Transnational Education? Richard French, TNE business development manager
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Who are Jisc? Jisc is the UK higher , further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions Provide trusted advice and Operate shared practical assistance for digital infrastructure We… universities, colleges and and services learning providers Negotiate sector-wide deals with IT vendors and commercial publishers
Definitions and trends What is transnational education?
Definitions and trends What is transnational education? “ Transnational Education is the mobility of higher education programmes and institutions / providers across international borders”* Source: British Council “Transnational education: a classification framework and data collection guidelines”, May 2017
Definitions and trends Growth Universities UK International “International Facts and Figures” May 2017
Technology to support TNE network connectivity
Technology to support TNE access and identity/authentication access to e-resources eduroam digital skills VLE videoconferencing email system VPN e-assessment student experience student record system learning analytics network connectivity
ASREN region Kuwait Egypt Branch campuses: Box Hill 18,000 UK TNE students Institute, Kuwait Maastricht Regional hub with 70,000 Business School international students Technical University of Berlin – Campus El Gouna Bahrain Branch campuses: RCSI Bahrain, Ama International University - Bahrain Dubai Over 23 HEIs from 10 countries, 24,000 students Abu Dhabi Branch campuses: NYU, Paris-Sorbonne, INSEAD, NYIT, NY Film Academy Saudi Arabia 2,620 UK TNE students Oman Algonquin College - Jazan 17,495 UK TNE students German University of Technology in Oman
NREN collaboration CERNET Janet historic direct peering link with CERNET in late 1990’s. Link » replaced by high-speed London-Beijing ORIENT and ORIENTplus since 2005 Strategic Alliance’ agreed with CERNET in December 2013, utilising » ORIENTplus. Currently being extended to cover other areas of collaboration
NREN collaboration CERNET Direct support by Jisc and CERNET staff on a case by case basis » Issues addressed including network performance testing, traffic » engineering, service upgrades and general troubleshooting Advice on negotiation of contracts with partner institution relating to IT » infrastructure and support Advice on reviewing existing contracts with partner institutions for » improving network service CERNET ‘VIP’ TNE Service ( port monitoring, monthly reporting, routing » optimization/backup)
NREN collaboration Case study: Queen Mary University of London Resolved issues in two China sites with » campus-campus connectivity through “If we provide teaching National Research and Education Network materials on the VLE in London, they’ve got access to Issues accessing VLE from student » the same resources in accommodation and other off campus Nanchang or Beijing” locations Paul Gallagher, Interim Jisc established peering between Janet Assistant Director of » network and ISPs in China Applications, QMUL VLE log-ins increase from 2,300 to 125,000 »
NREN collaboration GÉANT SIG-TNE Jisc leading on GÉANT TNE support » SIG-TNE formed February 2017 » Challenge areas: » › TNE data – regional, national and global › Global TNE policies › Technology barriers and TNE service development › Tools, toolkits and resources
NREN collaboration Resources SIG-TNE Wiki site - » https://wiki.geant.org/display/TNE/SIG- TNE+Home Jisc website (TNE Programme) » Case studies »
Further information Richard French Dr Baoyu Wang +44 (0)7469 667210 +44 (0)1235 582254 Richard.French@jisc.ac.uk +44 (0)7866411307 Baoyu.Wang@jisc.ac.uk SIG-TNE Wiki site - https://wiki.geant.org/display/TNE/SIG- TNE+Home www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/transnational- education Email: transnational@jisc.ac.uk jisc.ac.uk
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